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Leners'Patem No.. 76,330, ma April 7, 186s.`

IMPROVEDADEVIGE POB. HOLDING GANS WHILE BEING SOLDERED.

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TO ALL WHOM IT` MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, THOMAS KERR and JOHN() KELLY, of Edinburg, in the county of Johnson, and in the State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Device for I-Iclding'Cans while Soldering; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,` and the letters of reference marlred'thereon. In the annexed drawings, makin`g a part of thisspecification-d Figure 1 represents alongitudinal, and

Figure `Qrepre'sents a cross-section of our device for holding fruit-cans while soldering the same, withthe said can in position therefor.V A l A represents the circular part or body of the can, which may be of any given dimensions, and B and-"C representl the bottom and top thereof'. The part or body A'lis irst` cutin the proper shape, and of the size' desired, andis then .bent or formed, as shown in the drawings. The ends' B and C are formed asshown, and

then adjusted in plan, the'top being provided witha circular hole through it, in the usual'way. D represents a. rod or shaft, provided with left and right-hand screw-thread cut vthereon at or near'the upper and lower ends of it: Screw-nuts, F and H, fit and work on the shaft D, at the parts shown in the drawings. A sleeve or hollow pipe, E, is adjusted and lits loosely over the upper end `of th'eshaft'DLto which the nut llfis fastened in any secure-manner. The nuts F and H are each provided with a suitable number of holes or perforat-ions,

:r 0:, in which we adjust the opposite ends 'ofsprings I I. ,The springs I I are made of any suitable material,

strength, and dimensions, and any desired n umber may be used. K K represent staves, made nearly as longv asA the inside of the' can A, and of any required width, and slightly convex on the outside, to correspond with the concavity ofthe can A. These staves K K are secured to the springs I I in any substantial manner, at or near their centres, as is fully shownl in the annexed drawings. l M represents an arm, made in the form shown andl rigidly secured to the sleeve E, or it may be made to embrace said sleeve, and adjusted or fastened by means of athumb-screw, so as to be adjustable'at any given orudesir-cd point on the said sleeve E, and in relation to the shaft D. L represents an elbow-lever, pivoted atg to the `arm M, and has in'turn a metallic plate, N,

pivoted to one of its extremities, as shown at la. The plate N is made` concave on its face, to cor-respond with the convexity ofthe outside of the can A, against which-it tits, and acts as a counter-press.

Itwill be seen that byturning the Shaft D one way, the nuts F and H are thrown or forced apart, and the springs II, with the staves K K secured thereto, will thereby' resume a position parallel with and close to' the shaft D. l

When the springs and staves are in the position above described, they, together with the lower end of the shaft D, are inserted through the h'ole in the top, C, and` then, by turning the shaft D inY the opposite direction, the nuts F andH approach each other, and force or bend thesprings out in the vshape shown in theanniexed' drawings. v I

The springs I I, when bent as above described, Aforce the staves K K against the inside ot' the can A with an equal pressure 'on each, and thereby hold said can firm andin the form desired. VThe operatorthen fo'reest'hc plate N, by means of the lever L, firmly against the outside ofv thp can A, in a position directly opposite and against one of the stares K, by which means the can is conveniently and firmly held while soldering theside and ends of the same.A l

Having thus fully described ourinvention, what we claim as non', and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

rllhe sleeve E, screw-shaft D, springs I I, nuts F H, staves K, arm M, plate N, and lcverL, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein'set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing, we have hereunto' set our hands, this thday of February, 1868.

THOMAS KERR, JNO. G. KELLY;

Witnesses:

A, N. MARR, N. B. BERBYMAN. 

